Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 22, TH 12 (1877 Version)
Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That “imperial” version strayed from Tchaikovsky’s world premiere score, ...
Komponist: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
On his first album released on PENTATONE, multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs finally records Schubert, his first great musical love. Jacobs delivers his fresh perspective on the favourite composer of his youth together with the exceptional players of the B’Rock Orchestra, acclaimed for their inspired playing, musical curiosity and ...
Komponist: Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on the Bare Mountain
These well known pieces are presented in superb sound. Carlo Ponti Jr. is the son of Carlo Ponti Sr. and Sophia Loren and is a regular conductor of the Russian National Orchestra. "It may seem perverse with a Russian orchestra to have the least Russian-sounding orchestration of Pictures, albeit the most inspired one. Yet Carlo Ponti, so far as he can, ....
Komponist: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1884-1908), Anatol Liadov (1855-1914)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This double album offers a testimony to Stravinsky’s overwhelming musical heritage, covering all the phases of his creative life. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is twentieth-century music! More than any other composer, he continued to develop his compositional style throughout his seven-decade-spanning career, ...
Komponist: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Arabella Steinbacher brilliert bei Strauss: Arabella Steinbacher hatte seit jeher ein sehr persönliches Verhältnis zur Musik von Richard Strauss. Diese spielte schon seit ihrer Kindheit eine große Rolle in ihrer musikalischen Familie, und nicht zuletzt entstammt der Vorname der ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works
This album presents extraordinary works of three twentieth-century composers with diverse cultural backgrounds, underlining the versatility and legacy of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in its centenary year. Richard Strauss’ Schlagobers (Whipped Cream, 1924) is a playful ballet set in a Viennese Konditorei, of which the orchestral suite is ...
Komponist: Claude Debussy (1862–1918), Jean Sibelius (1865–1957):, Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Rachmaninov: 6 Etudes Tableaux / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
At present, Modest Mussorgsky’s reputation is based principally on three works: his opera Boris Godunov, his orchestral work A Night on the Bare Mountain and his piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition. Certainly, it must be mentioned that these pieces did not set out on their triumphant journey throughout the world of music in ...
Komponist: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Sergey Vassilievich Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Aspects of America presents a fascinating collection of 20th- and 21st-century American orchestral music, ranging from good old Samuel Barbers Souvenirs to pieces by esteemed living composers such as Sean Shepherd (Magiya), Sebastian Currier (Microsymph) and Christopher Rouse (Supplica). ...
Komponist: Sean Shepherd, Sebastian Currier, Christopher Rouse, Kenji Bunch
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Burleske
While starting his career adhering to Brahms’ “absolute” or “formalist” compositional approach, Richard Strauss rapidly turned into a staunch supporter of Wagner’s Zukunftsmusik, writing a series of iconoclast symphonic poems full of metaphysical allusions. This album features both ...
Komponist: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Eindrucksvoller Beginn der exklusiven Zusammenarbeit von Alisa Weilerstein mit Pentatone: Das Album Transfigured Night bringt zwei herausragende Komponisten zusammen, die beide eng mit Wien verbunden sind: Joseph Haydn und Arnold Schönberg. ...
Komponist: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Stravinsky’s Perséphone (1934) is a dynamic musical-theatrical narration of the myth of Persephone’s abduction to the underworld and return to earth. The transparent, sober but evocative music epitomizes Stravinsky’s sensuous take on Neoclassicism, and the piece showcases ...
Komponist: Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Gordon Getty: Beauty Come Dancing
Discover poetry in motion with Beauty Come Dancing, composer Gordon Getty’s new album of choral works. Love and dance permeate this collection of new music, paying homage to the romantic and elegant traditions abounding in the latter half of the 19th century. ...
Komponist: Gordon Getty (1933-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Mephistopheles & Other Bad Guys
Mephistopheles und andere Bad Guys – Kevin Short auf den Spuren der Bösewichte der Oper: In der Oper werden bestimme Stimmfächer oft mit gewissen Personentypen assoziiert. Gerade für das Bass-Fach gibt es diverse Assoziationen – als Vater, Bösewicht, älterer Mann, religiöse Figur, ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233
Mit der »Alpensinfonie« legen Andrés Orozco-Estrada und das hr-Sinfonieorchester das dritte Album ihrer Strauss-Reihe bei Pentatone vor – eine exemplarische Produktion, die die klanggewaltigen Fantasien des genialen Instrumentators Richard Strauss wirkungsvoll in Szene setzt. ...
Komponist: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10
Fear, Loathing and Redemption in the Troubled Symphonies of Shostakovich: The spirit of Gustav Mahler looms over the pages of Shostakovich’s turbulent, sprawling and enigmatic Symphony No. 4, a work so uncompromising that for many years he suppressed its performance, fearing public censure. ...
Komponist: Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mendelssohn: Symphonies No. 1 & 3
Bestechender und audiophiler Mendelssohn: Nur wenige Dirigenten vermögen Publikum und Orchester gleichermaßen so zu inspirieren wie Andrew Manze, der seit September 2014 Chefdirigent der NDR Radiophilharmonie ist. Seine grenzenlose Energie, genauen ...
Komponist: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird
Diskografisches Großereignis! Orozco-Estradas Debüt in Frankfurt: Auf dieses Album haben viele gewartet, denn es markiert einen der frühen diskografischen Höhepunkte des Jahres. Andrés Orozco-Estrada hat bei seinem Antritt als neuer Chefdirigent des Frankfurter ...
Komponist: Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190 & Macbeth, Op. 23, TrV 163
Wohlfeil und soundstark: Sinfonische Dichtungen: Richard Strauss’ Sinfonische Dichtung Ein Heldenleben zählt heutzutage schon zum eher selten eingespielten Repertoire, aber Strauss’ frühe Sinfonische Dichtung Macbeth aus den Jahren 1887–88 gehört fraglos zu den Raritäten der Strauss-Diskografie. ...
Komponist: Richard Strauss (1864-1949
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mozart & Mysliveček: Flute Concertos
With sensuous melodies and elegant virtuosity, Mozart’s Flute Concertos in G major (K. 313) and D major (K. 314) are the most cherished pieces composed for the instrument. Here they are brought together with the recently rediscovered Flute Concerto in D major by Josef Mysliveček, ...
Komponist: Matěje Myslivečka (1697-1749), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Tippet Rise OPUS 2017: Daydreams
Tippet Rise OPUS 2017 is the second compilation album to emerge from the summer music season at Montana’s Tippet Rise Arts Center, which features performance spaces of acoustic perfection amidst a sculpture-laden terrain of awe-inspiring beauty, nestled against a backdrop of the Beartooth ...
Komponist: John Luther Adams (1953-), Yevgeny Sudbin, Frédéric Chopin, George Enescu (1881-1955), EUGÈNE BOZZA (1905-1991), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Aaron Jay Kernis, Samuel A. Ward, Jeffrey Kahane
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
